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^Volume VIII, No0 2
APR 1 01959
April, 1959
LEGISLATION:
The Governor's Budget provides $160,000 a year for the next two years for the
rural library aid funds to match the federal funds under the Library Services Act. This
will be enough to match all the federal funds under a maximum federal appropriation.
The State Board of Education has asked that the limit on using only so much as is matched
by federal funds be removed.
Be sure to write your legislators (Representative and Senator) requesting them
to support the appropriation.,.and be sure to request the removal of the limiting clause
on federal matching.
ALSO...write to your legislators to support the Regional Library Law (H.F.446). This
law will help clear up the problem of the existing libraries joining the regional
libraries. It places the decision to join in the hands of the library board and the
city or village government, and premits them to join and still control their local
library funds as they see fit.
A NOTE ABOUT WASHINGTON
The American Library Association will give a luncheon on June 25 (Thursday)
during the annual conference in Washington, D. C, honoring the members of Congress.
The entire Minnesota delegation (House and Senate) has been invited to the luncheon as
guests of the Minnesota Library Association. We would like to have as many Minnesota
librarians present as possible, but may have to limit the number.
If you are planning to attend the ALA Annual Conference, and would like to
attend the luncheon to help serve as host or hostess to our members of the Congress,
be sure to write Mrs. J. R. Sweasy, Red Wing, Minn., to ask that your name be included
in the reservations. They must be complete by May 1. We are sorry that we cannot yet
say how much the tickets will be, nor exactly where the luncheon will be held. But it
should be an exciting affair, and we hope that many Minnesota librarians can come.
MLA DISTRICT MEETINGS
Your attention is called especially to the program for the District meetings
which is enclosed with this Bulletin. We hope you will be able to attend the meeting
scheduled for your area. The program will be of interest to trustees and to librarians of both small and large libraries. Make your reservation in advance, please.
MLA 1959 CONFERENCE
Plans for the Annual Fall Conference of MLA are progressing. This year we
will meet October 1 - 3 at the Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis. Alice Brunat of the
Minneapolis Public Library is Convention Chairman and Diana Hebrink of Dakota-Scott
Regional Library is Program Chairman.

Ira^HHHi
^Volume VIII, No0 2
APR 1 01959
April, 1959
LEGISLATION:
The Governor's Budget provides $160,000 a year for the next two years for the
rural library aid funds to match the federal funds under the Library Services Act. This
will be enough to match all the federal funds under a maximum federal appropriation.
The State Board of Education has asked that the limit on using only so much as is matched
by federal funds be removed.
Be sure to write your legislators (Representative and Senator) requesting them
to support the appropriation.,.and be sure to request the removal of the limiting clause
on federal matching.
ALSO...write to your legislators to support the Regional Library Law (H.F.446). This
law will help clear up the problem of the existing libraries joining the regional
libraries. It places the decision to join in the hands of the library board and the
city or village government, and premits them to join and still control their local
library funds as they see fit.
A NOTE ABOUT WASHINGTON
The American Library Association will give a luncheon on June 25 (Thursday)
during the annual conference in Washington, D. C, honoring the members of Congress.
The entire Minnesota delegation (House and Senate) has been invited to the luncheon as
guests of the Minnesota Library Association. We would like to have as many Minnesota
librarians present as possible, but may have to limit the number.
If you are planning to attend the ALA Annual Conference, and would like to
attend the luncheon to help serve as host or hostess to our members of the Congress,
be sure to write Mrs. J. R. Sweasy, Red Wing, Minn., to ask that your name be included
in the reservations. They must be complete by May 1. We are sorry that we cannot yet
say how much the tickets will be, nor exactly where the luncheon will be held. But it
should be an exciting affair, and we hope that many Minnesota librarians can come.
MLA DISTRICT MEETINGS
Your attention is called especially to the program for the District meetings
which is enclosed with this Bulletin. We hope you will be able to attend the meeting
scheduled for your area. The program will be of interest to trustees and to librarians of both small and large libraries. Make your reservation in advance, please.
MLA 1959 CONFERENCE
Plans for the Annual Fall Conference of MLA are progressing. This year we
will meet October 1 - 3 at the Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis. Alice Brunat of the
Minneapolis Public Library is Convention Chairman and Diana Hebrink of Dakota-Scott
Regional Library is Program Chairman.